Devon Norman News Today

If you or someone you know is in need of a ride on Election Day, volunteers from The Village 337 said they are happy to help.

The families of two Lafayette men, both shot and killed this week, remembered their lives Friday evening.

Second Harvest food bank along with the Gethsemane Church of God in Christ will be hosting a mobile market Wednesday afternoon.

Community notices

Activist group calls for release of body-worn camera footage in the fatal Lafayette Police shooting of Tyron Coates to corroborate official account.

After a grand jury declined to bring charges against the Lafayette police officers who fatally shot a 31-year-old Black man last year, local activists are turning to whats next.  Trayford Pellerin was shot and killed by officers who were responding to reports of a man with a knife on Aug. 21, 2020. A grand jury considered second-degree murder charges but on Tuesday declined to indict the officers involved. Now local activists, like Devon Norman president and director of the Village 337, are ...

Pellerin family seeking answers from District Attorney Its been eight months since Trayford Pellerin was killed by Lafayette Police officers. Pellerin family seeking answers from District Attorney and last updated 2021-04-27 23:51:48-04 LAFAYETTE, La. — Trayford Pellerin’s father, Cedrick Pellerin, says the only thing that will bring the family closure is seeing the officers involved indicted and put through trial. He says the bystander video of the moment his son was shot by Lafayett...

View Comments The lawyer for the family of Trayford Pellerin said Louisiana State Police investigators determined the fatal police shooting was "justified" after he met with District Attorney Don Landry Wednesday. But Ron Haley, who is representing Pellerins family, said hes taking the state police investigation with a "grain of salt" and is confident Landry will conduct his own independent investigation that will be presented to a grand jury in the near future. "I can appreciate them doing th...